Shane Meadows

Quote:
A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.Read More »

This Is England ’90 is a 2015 British TV drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne and produced by Warp Films.

A spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England, it is also a sequel to the series This Is England ’86 and This Is England ’88. This Is England ’90, was originally due in late 2012, but in July 2012, director Shane Meadows announced that the production had been put on hold in order for him to complete his documentary about reunited Manchester rock band The Stone Roses, and the actors were still waiting for confirmation as to when filming would start. In March 2014, Meadows confirmed that shooting would start later in the year although he had not yet finished the script. Meadows confirmed that this will likely be the final series of the saga.Read More »

This Is England ’88 is a 2011 British drama series written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne. It is a spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England, and set five years later. Like the film, This Is England ’88 stars Thomas Turgoose as Shaun, Vicky McClure as Lol and Joe Gilgun as Woody. The story takes place over Christmas 1988.Read More »

Synopsis:
This Is England ’86 is a 2010 British drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne. A spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England, and set three years later, it focuses on the mod revival scene rather than the skinhead subculture. Like the film, This Is England ’86 stars Thomas Turgoose as Shaun, although Lol (Vicky McClure) and Woody (Joe Gilgun) play even more central roles.Read More »

Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn’t spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.Read More »

Quote:
Set in the Midlands of Britain in the summer of 1983 and scored to the exhilarating reggae bounce of Toots and the Maytals, This Is England is a classic coming-of-age story.
Shane Meadows’ semiautobiographical film, The 400 Blows, is as timely today in any inner city as it was a quarter of a century ago in Yorkshire, where unemployment and restlessness were high.Read More »